tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post7703333528574825582..comments2015-01-21T05:37:44.427-05:00Comments on Theology PhD Mom: Spirituality versus Religion: Or maybe it's not new....Theology PhD Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06088953060303425283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-73164010973412088902012-08-09T21:24:46.267-04:002012-08-09T21:24:46.267-04:00Thanks so much for your thoughtful and insightful ...Thanks so much for your thoughtful and insightful article, this whole current manifestation of anti-religiousness is vexing. I was recently reading an interview with Kathleen Hanna, the leader of the band/performance group *Bikini Kills* and *Le Tigre.* She said, “There’s no god...a god doesn’t looks like anything because there is no god. I think it’s just like a good force in the world, you know what I mean, like that thing that when your really freaked out keeps you from killing yourself.”<br /><br />I think that’s a pretty fair example of what a lot of folks mean by being “spiritual but not religious.”<br /><br />Obliged.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04011159253204822220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-21831301555439244912012-04-17T06:38:35.669-04:002012-04-17T06:38:35.669-04:00Great thoughts Jana! Thanks for putting into word...Great thoughts Jana! Thanks for putting into words what so many feel. Our CGS work of re-making materials for the revised Roman Missal has called me to a fresh look at the liturgy. While I am not a fan of all the revisions, the work of re-visiting the tapestry of the Mass has been a sweet occupation. Yes, there are a number of prayers and actions we repeat each week - I think of those as &quot;grounding points&quot; - but there is also much &quot;new&quot; each week: the opening prayers, the preface, the psalms, the readings; all have much to say about what we are celebrating and why. On good days, when I really pay attention, these prayers and the Word call to my NOW, and to the NOW of the world. When I bring my questions about life to the liturgy (public work of the people) the gathering of the community helps me to chisel away some of the &quot;I&quot;, so often at the center of my questions, and opens up a broader vision. <br />This week with the children we are celebrating Liturgy of Light. We begin with the blessing of the Paschal candle, and these words: &quot;All time belongs to Him and all the ages&quot;. I remarked to the group yesterday that we sometimes forget this - we sometimes get so caught up in our own busyness that we begin to think time belongs to us! In fact, time is a gift. We cannot always choose what we do with our time, but we can choose how we live in it. I asked the children to consider what we were about to do: the great event we celebrate at Easter, and our own participation in the event. This time, I told them, is a gift to us - an opportunity to pray, and to celebrate our time, and all time, shared with God through Christ. This way of being connected to the cosmos is an awesome gift. We had a wonderful celebration!MizLynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17103103099989798088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-35453360249352644812012-04-16T20:28:41.865-04:002012-04-16T20:28:41.865-04:00Love your enemies - yes, that is true! And we don...Love your enemies - yes, that is true! And we don&#39;t spend nearly enough time praying for our enemies in the standard intercessions, I think.Theology PhD Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088953060303425283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821259194776849231.post-82096753224426153102012-04-16T17:36:13.197-04:002012-04-16T17:36:13.197-04:00Jana, this is such a thoughtful and compassionate ...Jana, this is such a thoughtful and compassionate piece. I really appreciate it. <br /><br />I have another thing you might want to add to your list of &quot;won&#39;t hear it anywhere in secular culture&quot; things: love your enemies. It&#39;s why I still show up to church on Easter and Christmas, despite my humiliation and fear of being judged (by &quot;better&quot; Christians) as an Easter-and-Christmas Christian.Kate Blanchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364339071221826137noreply@blogger.com